Cingular Selects Imperial Technology for Enhanced Processing of Wireless Mobitex-Based Interactive Messages.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2001 Imperial Technology, the leading manufacturer of solid state disk and intelligent cache systems, announced today that Cingular Wireless has selected Imperial's file cache accelerators to enable more efficient wireless text messaging for users of Cingular's Mobitex-based network. Cingular installed Imperial's MegaRam(TM) accelerators to enhance its ability to process the millions of messages generated each day through Cingular's Mobitex-based Interactive Messaging PLUS service. The MegaRam accelerators are enabling Cingular to handle significantly more subscribers through its Interactive Messaging PLUS gateway server while maintaining high Quality of Service (QOS) levels. "The telecommunications industry has as many applications for solid state storage as there are telecommunications companies," said Robert David, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Imperial Technology. "Cingular needed a unique and novel approach to the I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output issue of quickly authenticating a user in order to maintain the high level of service the company is known for. The MegaRam accelerators help to speed these I/O transactions, which in turn helps to speed the processing of customers' interactive text messaging, enabling Cingular to meet their QOS objectives." Imperial's MegaRam accelerators have become one of the newest ways for telecommunication companies and e-business to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and quickly gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. By adding a MegaRam file cache accelerator to a storage subsystem, companies can often increase database performance 200-400% within hours, without purchasing faster servers or incurring higher CPU-based licensing fees. MegaRam file cache accelerators are storage-centric architectural components where critical "hot files" are locked into a dedicated cache to ensure they are instantly available 100% of the time. In transaction-intensive database and OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing applications, MegaRam accelerators quickly eliminate I/O bottlenecks and improve system throughput, thereby reducing response times to end-users. For SAN and switched fabric environments, the latest MegaRam models offer multiple Fibre Channel ports for totally independent and redundant data paths, and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. capability for complete out-of-band management. MegaRam accelerators are also easily partitioned and managed to take advantage of SAN-based storage virtualization. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S., and is dedicated to self-expression and customer-friendly service. As a leader in mobile voice and data communications, Cingular, a joint venture between SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications and BellSouth, currently serves more than 21.3 million customers nationwide. Cingular offers customers advanced technologies in simple, cost-effective ways that permit them to tap the creative potential of wireless through their own self-expression. Details of the company are available at www.cingular.com. About Imperial Technology Inc. With headquarters in El Segundo, Imperial Technology has more than a decade of experience designing and manufacturing high-performance storage systems that shatter I/O bottlenecks to supercharge traditional storage. Imperial's products are installed on Sun, HP, Compaq/Digital, IBM and Unisys systems. They integrate and install seamlessly in environments that run Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ), Sybase (Nasdaq:SYBS), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Veritas (Nasdaq:VRTS VRTS Veritas Software (stock symbol) VRTS Verification Requirements Tracking System ) and EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMC) products. Imperial Technology can be reached at 800/451-0666 or online at www.imperialtech.com. |
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